Proverbs 14:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

Fools mock at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.

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  • Prov 10:23 : 23 It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked plans will He condemn.
  • Prov 13:15 : 15 Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.
  • Prov 26:18-19 : 18 Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death, 19 So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?
  • Prov 30:20 : 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wrong.
  • Rom 14:17-18 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For anyone who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.
  • Jude 1:18 : 18 How they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?
  • Job 34:7-9 : 7 What man is like Job, who drinks up scorn like water? 8 Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men. 9 For he has said, It profits a man nothing to delight himself in God.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 3:4 : 4 So you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoever finds me finds life and will obtain favor from the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 14:33-35
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

    34Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

    35The king's favor is toward a wise servant, but his wrath is against him who causes shame.

  • Prov 24:9
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    9The thought of foolishness is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to men.

  • Prov 13:15-16
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    15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

    16Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

  • Prov 14:16-19
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    16A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

    17He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

    18The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

    19The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

    16A fool's wrath is immediately known, but a prudent man covers shame.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Job 22:19
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    19The righteous see it and are glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Prov 19:29
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    29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Ps 14:1
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    1The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have done abominable deeds, there is none who does good.

  • Ps 107:17
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    17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

  • Eccl 7:4-6
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    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of laughter.

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.

  • Prov 18:2
    73%

    2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may express itself.

  • Prov 17:5
    73%

    5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not go unpunished.

  • Prov 26:10
    72%

    10The great God who formed all things rewards the fool, and rewards transgressors.

  • Prov 3:35
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    35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the legacy of fools.

  • Prov 29:11
    72%

    11A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 29:6
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    6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

  • Ps 52:6
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    6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

  • Prov 10:8
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    8The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 13:19-20
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    19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

    20He who walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Prov 14:10
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    10The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not share its joy.

  • Prov 26:5
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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

  • Ps 53:1
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    1The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

  • Eccl 10:2
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    2A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

  • Prov 16:22
    71%

    22Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.